diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 486ee50cfdda95b8b427882b0297cd82e9578760..deccd560c0dea57a6fef0db5da1b26cab58e86cf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4011,3 +4011,4 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_print_devices);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_check_recovery);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("md");
+MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(MD_MAJOR);